  MP from Heritage concerned about reduction in Armenia's defense spending in 2010November 12, 2009 - 17:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The draft state budget-2010 of Armenia has no connection to regular citizens, Armen Martirosyan , chair of the "Heritage" party and member its parliamentary faction told a press conference in Yerevan today. According to him, the state budget envisages reduction in the social spending. In addition, Mr. Martirosyan expressed concern about the decrease in defense sphere in 2010 and increased costs to maintain public order. "State Budget-2010 will provide the defense ministry 116 billion AMD, while in 2009 that figure was only 146 billion AMD. In the current situation, security issues need more attention, he said.   Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Freedom House: “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?”  Freedom House has published a report summary titled “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?”Aliyev: Change in Armenia’s Constitution key for singing peace deal Ilham Aliyev has declared that most important condition for signing a peace agreement is for Armenia to change its Constitution.U.S. sees “extraordinary” opportunity for peace between Armenia, Azerbaijan U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken believes there is an “extraordinary” opportunity to reach a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan.Viva: Armenia's leading technology company introduces a new trademark The updated brand Viva reflects a qualitatively new level of digital services. |
